Kelly McCullough Books in Order
Explore Kelly McCullough's books in order, including the WebMage and Fallen Blade series, School for Sidekicks, and his other fantasy novels for young readers.
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Kelly McCullough books in publication order
17 books
WebMage
by Kelly McCullough
2006
Student sorcerer and hacker Ravirn discovers that his great-aunt Atropos plans to remove humanity's free will through computer code. Opposing a Fate requires help from his shape-shifting familiar and allies in the magical digital underground.
Cybermancy
by Kelly McCullough
2007
Ravirn's girlfriend needs her dead webgoblin's memory to recover her doctoral research. Entering Hades with his familiar Melchior, Ravirn attempts a rescue that risks corrupting the magical internet and attracting the Lord of the Dead.
Codespell
by Kelly McCullough
2008
A virus cripples Necessity, the sentient computer governing the universe, and Ravirn is tasked with repairing it. Whoever succeeds could remake reality, making the sorcerer-hacker's assignment a prize coveted by powerful and dangerous rivals.
MythOS
by Kelly McCullough
2009
While repairing the computer that runs the multiverse, Ravirn is thrown into a parallel reality ruled by Norse gods. Its unfamiliar magical operating system forces the hacker-sorcerer to adapt quickly if he hopes to escape Asgard.
Spellcrash
by Kelly McCullough
2010
Necessity needs a complete reboot, leaving the multiverse vulnerable while its governing computer is offline. Ravirn must defend it from Greek gods competing for control, using his hacking skills and magic to prevent reality's takeover.
Broken Blade
by Kelly McCullough
2011
After his goddess is murdered, former temple assassin Aral Kingslayer survives through underworld jobs alongside his living-shadow familiar. A woman's request to deliver a secret message offers an unexpected chance to recover his lost purpose.
Bared Blade
by Kelly McCullough
2012
Aral Kingslayer and his shadow companion help two women being harassed in a tavern. The intervention draws them into competing factions' hunt for a missing artifact that could prevent a war between nations and species.
Crossed Blades
by Kelly McCullough
2012
Aral's former fiancée Jax returns with a warning that the forces responsible for their goddess's destruction are moving again. Helping her threatens his new life and plunges him into a conflict where loyalty is uncertain.
Blade Reforged
by Kelly McCullough
2013
Aral learns that King Thauvik has imprisoned a friend who helped him through his darkest years. Saving that friend may require returning to assassination and joining Baroness Maylien's struggle for the throne he previously refused to support.
Drawn Blades
by Kelly McCullough
2014
Siri the Mythkiller, former First Blade and Aral's old lover, asks for his help. Loyalty draws him toward the ancient Sylvani Empire, where the dangerous forces behind his goddess's fall still threaten his fellow assassins.
Darkened Blade
by Kelly McCullough
2015
Namara's ghost calls on Aral Kingslayer to seek justice for her murder and her temple's destruction. With Triss and surviving Blades, he prepares to confront Heaven's Son, even as divided loyalties threaten their cause.
School for Sidekicks
by Kelly McCullough
2015
Evan Quick discovers powers while surviving a supervillain attack, then finds himself enrolled at an academy for sidekicks. Assigned to a washed-up hero, he struggles with strange lessons and doubts about his dream of saving the day.
The Totally Secret Origin of Foxman
by Kelly McCullough
2015
Before becoming Foxman, teenage inventor Rand faces family troubles and an uncertain future. The detonation of the Hero Bomb changes his life, beginning a superhero career whose origin he recounts with his own perspective on the events that shaped him.
Magic, Madness, and Mischief
by Kelly McCullough
2018
Kalvan Monroe wakes with uncontrollable fire magic and a sarcastic, talking fire hare. Discovering that his mother's similar power has left her vulnerable to the Winter King, he must master his abilities to protect her.
Spirits, Spells, and Snark
by Kelly McCullough
2019
Thirteen-year-old Kalvan and his fire-hare familiar search for his missing father in a magical St. Paul. Trouble at home, attacks on his life, and messages from the Earth complicate his efforts to manage his new powers.
Numismancer
by Kelly McCullough
2020
Banker Ian Elliot returns to Edinburgh and finds his disturbing visions of faeries have resumed. When one apparent vision kills a political candidate, his father's obsession with coins becomes entangled with a dangerous challenge to reality.
Winter of Discontent
by Kelly McCullough
2020
Injured former soldier Desmond studies theater, seeking escape through acting. A production of Richard III draws him into the deadly maneuvers of Shakespeare's magically immortal characters, while his friends struggle to protect him without breaking secret oaths.
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